JULIAN Joachim is looking to kick start his Sky Blue season when he makes his first senior start since September....

JULIAN Joachim is looking to kick start his Sky Blue season when he makes his first senior start since September.

The former Aston Villa striker is set to come straight in for the suspended Lee Hughes when City travel to Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday (2.15pm) and hopes to use the next four games to establish a firm place in Roland Nilsson's side.

Joachim's season has been dogged by an ankle injury but with that now firmly behind him, he is looking to finally make an impact at the club.

"I am really looking forward to the Wolves game when I will hopefully finally get to make a start," said the 27-year-old front man.

"I have been getting the odd half an hour and 20 minutes here and there, and I really want to get a run going and to score some goals. It is a pity Lee is suspended but it opens the door for me and it is an opportunity I fully intend to take.

"The season starts here for me and with 19 league games left, I intend to make an impact. We are still in the thick of it and I want Coventry to get promotion, so hopefully if I can get some goals going I will be like a new signing for the manager.

"I am hugely disappointed at having missed most of the season which is really unusual for me.

"The longest I have been injured before has been about five weeks, so it has been a very frustrating time."

And Joachim is being tipped to take the First Division by storm by the man he is set to line up alongside in City's Molineux attack.

"When I signed I knew Coventry had bought Lee Hughes for #5 million," said target man Lee Mills.

"But I wondered how I could be keeping Julian Joachim out of the team. But I am a different player to him and maybe it was between the two of them for who played up alongside me.

"I have played with Lee and we have done well together and hopefully that can continue with Julian and I can set up a few goals for him as well.

"He is a great player. Anyone with his pace is going to frighten defenders and I would hate to be someone having to play against him. So if I can set him up to use his pace it could be a good formula for us.

"We played an eleven side match in training this week and Julian got three goals and could have probably got a couple more. I got a couple myself but they were not as good goals as the ones Julian scored.

"It looks like he is getting fitter and a lot more confident with his play. I am the same because when I came to Coventry I hadn't played at Portsmouth for over six months.

"If you're not fit you tend to get found out, especially if you play up front, so if myself and Julian are as fit as we can be it should bode well for us."

Joachim, meanwhile, is backing new assistant manager Jim Smith to make a real impact off the pitch in the push for promotion.

"Jim has been very good for the lads since he has come in and he took a training session only yesterday and everything went very well," he said.

"He certainly knows his stuff and he will be perfect for the gaffer to learn from and help us get to the Premiership."

Manager Roland Nilsson was boosted by the return of Lee Carsley, Gary Breen and Marcus Hall to training this week and all three are hoping to be in contention for a return to action. Breen will almost certainly come straight in for the suspended Mo Konjic while Carsley is set to resume his central midfield role alongside youngster Lee Fowler in the absence of Youssef Chippo and Youssef Safri.

And if winger Laurent Delorge fails to recover from a calf strain, it could open the way for Gary McSheffrey who impressed playing out wide in the reserves this week, while striker Jairo Martinez and the versatile Robert Betts, who can play in midfield and at the back, also staked a claim for inclusion in the squad.